Electronic examination is a term used in examination law. In university examination law, a basic distinction is made between written, oral and electronic examinations.
In the relevant legislation, electronic testing is usually defined in direct connection with the use of so-called answer-choice tasks. This narrow legal definition of the electronic examination is not satisfactory from a didactic point of view and is also largely outdated in legal usage (Morgenroth, 2021). According to the currently prevailing legal opinion, the term electronic examination has been expanded to include a wider range of electronic examination forms.
An important feature of electronic audits is that distribution, execution and processing of the audit must take place in the same information technology system. Only this last part distinguishes it from the more general definition of a digital examination. Only when the student's entries in an examination do not leave the electronic examination system can it be classified as an electronic examination under examination law (Niehues, Fischer & Jeremias, 2018). In practice, this means that only examinations that are conducted in a dedicated electronic examination system are considered electronic examinations under examination law.
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Customization from: Bandtel, M., Baume, M., Brinkmann, E., Bedenlier, S., Budde, J., Eugster, B., Ghoneim, A., Halbherr, T., Persike, M., Rampelt, F., Reinmann, G., Sari, Z., Schulz, A. (eds.) (2021). Digital tests in the university. Whitepaper of a Community Working Group from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Version 1.1. Berlin: Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/sites/default/files/dateien/HFD_Whitepaper_Digitale_Pruefungen_Hochschule.pdf
